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Richard, Original Travel Poster, Chinon, Castle Chateau Loire, Fishing, Car 1926
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
feet. A man on a boat appears to be fishing. Fishing nets/traps are visible.
James C. Richard was born
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
Chinese Antique Red "Dragon" Cabinet Lacquered Gold Gilt Details Qing Dynast
Located in South Burlington, VT
secret lift top trap door on the interior bottom section!
This substantial older handcrafted cabinet
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Traps
Materials
Elm
Very Fine and Imposing Pair of Bronze Entrance Doors Circa 1900
Located in Benington, Herts
these doors did not fall in to the obvious trap of over-embellishing them; instead, he or she has
Category
19th Century English Antique Traps
Materials
Bronze
Portrait Madonna and Child with Two Priests/Saints, Escuela Cuzqueña
Located in London, GB
; published in 1933, there was a trap door in the vestry floor concealed inside a confessional box. This led
Category
16th Century English Elizabethan Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas
Statuary
Siena Marble Fireplace of 18th Century Palladian Design
Located in London, GB
modeller.
A summary of the fable of the three foxes: One sly fox loses his impressive tail in a trap
Category
18th Century British Palladian Antique Traps
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Untitled
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in New York, NY
holding the golfer's clubs. There appears to be a putting green and a sand trap in the background. This
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Bartolomeo Litterini Religious Giaele and Sisala Oil on Canva Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
, offered him hospitality and gave him a drink, but after Sisara fell asleep, he trapped him in the temple
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian School Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique 24 Pc Landers Frary
Clark Sterling Mother of Pearl Knives
Forks
By Landers, Frary
Clark 1
Located in Dayton, OH
bull-nose rings, vacuum bottles, window hardware, ice skates, mouse traps, can openers, corkscrews
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Sterling Silver
Blown Glass Vase
Located in Pasadena, CA
the liquid.
Layer by layer, the artist works the glass by successive layers. The trapped clouds
Category
1880s Art Deco Antique Traps
Materials
Blown Glass
Victorian Inlaid Gold Quartz and Lapis Saber Sword Pendant Necklace
Located in Narberth, PA
solidification process, veins of gold became trapped with the crystals of quartz in the mine. This created a very
Category
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Quartz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1800s French Head Conformatore
Located in Peekskill, NY
rod and pin would move... You can see those under the trap door. The underside of that door was lined
Category
19th Century French Antique Traps
Materials
Brass, Copper
Victorian Carnelian Gold Quartz Enameled Earrings
Located in Narberth, PA
solidification process, veins of gold became trapped with the crystals of quartz in the mine. This created a very
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Carnelian, Quartz, 15k Gold
Victorian 14k Gold in Quartz Butterfly Dangle Earrings
Located in Narberth, PA
solidification process, veins of gold became trapped with the crystals of quartz in the mine. This created a very
Category
1850s Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Reverse Glass Painting with chrysanthemums
Located in Milano, IT
trapped in a crystallized world, frozen in time.
The dark wooden frame, simple yet elegant, complements
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Traps
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Set of 3 Hand Painted Antique Wine Demijohn Bottles from France, circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
air bubbles trapped in our green translucent glass. This is indicative that our demijohns were hand
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Traps
Materials
Blown Glass
Ben Hur Screen-Used Mechanical Ship Movie Prop
By MGM Studios
Located in Peekskill, NY
during filming. In addition there is a trap door on the hull with a spring mechanism. When wanted this
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Traps
Richardson Thistle Decanter, c1900
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
allow oneself to fall into the trap of immediately attributing a Scottish origin. Other than the lack of
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Glass
19th Century French Gothic Revival Billiard Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
conceal cleverly disguised trap-door ball releases. The slate-topped table also features two functioning
Category
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Traps
Materials
Slate
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Wounded Hound” by Emmanuel Fremiet
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
elk has the hound dog trapped on the ground among the scattered foliage of the field.
Artist Listings
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Traps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
George Custer Civil War Era Signature, 1864
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Custer to trap the bulk of the Lakota and Cheyenne population between them and deal them a crushing
Category
1860s American Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
Pietro Longhi Antique Venetian Brighella Painting
Attr.
By Pietro Longhi
Located in Milano, IT
uses to devise deceptions and traps into which to make others fall just for the sake of cheating them
Category
1750s Italian Renaissance Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas, Wood
American Landscape Painting “Boats off a Rocky Coast” by Carl Philipp Weber
By Carl Weber
Located in Shippensburg, PA
these outdoor elements were trapped in the fresh oil paint. This very fine work is housed in an early
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas, Paint
General George Armstrong Custer Signature with Civil War Sword, circa 1865-1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
forces under the command of Crook, Gibbon, and Custer to trap the bulk of the Lakota and Cheyenne
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Traps
18th Century French Marquetry Chest of Drawers, Paris, circa 1770
Located in Greven, DE
laying out his fish traps. The idyllic scenery is completed by two ducks on the water.
It can be assumed
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Traps
Materials
Marble
"Lion au Serpent No. 3” French Bronze Sculpture by Barye
Delafontaine
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the serpent trapped under the Lion's outstretched hind leg while his paw is raised to strike the
Category
19th Century French Antique Traps
Materials
Bronze
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson by Dewitt C. Peters, First Edition, 1859
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
accompanied Ewing Young on an expedition to Mexican California and joined fur-trapping expeditions into the
Category
1850s American Antique Traps
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Coromandel Silver Plated and Cut Glass Tantalus Betjemann and Sons
By George Betjemann
Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
temptations of the Greek mythological character Tantalus, son of Zeus. It is told that he was trapped in
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Coromandel Turntable Tantalus by George Betjemann
By George Betjemann
Sons, Fattorini
Sons 1
Located in Northampton, GB
mythological character Tantalus, son of Zeus. It is told that he was trapped in Tartarus, made to stand in a
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Metal
"Himalayan Monal Pheasant (Lophophorus Impeyanus)" Naturalistic Bird Lithograph
By John Gerrard Keulemans
Located in Houston, TX
Mintern and Hanhart, and early in his career, some were printed by P. M. W. Trap. Often, the published
Category
1870s Naturalistic Antique Traps
Materials
Lithograph
French Sculpture “Monkey Studying a Snail” by Emmanuel Fremiet ca. 1895
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
and the Bear Cubs (Musée d’Orsay), Elephant trapped (Musée d’Orsay), and notably the sensational
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Traps
Materials
Terracotta
Portrait of a Lady, Marie-Madeleine de Chamillart in Landscape Fine oil painting
Located in London, GB
couturiers themselves. She enjoyed time with Jean Cocteau and the writer Louise de Vilmorin, but felt trapped
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hindoo Elephant Trap
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Howitt (1756-1822) titled "Hindoo Elephant Trap", 1813. Published and sold 1813, Edward Orne, Bond Street
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Aquatint
Antique Afghan Camel Trapping, Yomut Turkmen Wall Hanging, Tribal Textile
Located in Dallas, TX
76630, antique Afghan Baluch camel trapping, Asmalyk Yomut Turkmen wall hanging tribal textile
Category
Early 20th Century Afghan Tribal Antique Traps
Materials
Wool
Antique Steuben Art Glass Double Spout Carafe with Air Trap Stopper, Signed
By Steuben Glass
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Steuben art glass double spout pitcher or carafe with air trap stopper, signed on base
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Traps
Materials
Art Glass
"In the Northern Wilds Trapping Beaver, " Hand-Colored Litho. by Currier
Ives
By Currier
Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"In the Northern Wilds Trapping Beaver" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives
Category
1860s Other Art Style Antique Traps
Materials
Lithograph
Hand Carved Coquille Nut Egg Box 19th Century Flea Trap Pomander Needle Case
Located in Nuernberg, DE
to open.
The original use was a flea trap, things were different in the old days and pesticides were
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Metal
Hand Carved Coquille Nut Egg Box 19th Century Flea Trap Pomander Needle Case
Located in Nuernberg, DE
to open.
The original use was a flea trap, things were different in the old days and pesticides were
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Metal
Oak Arts and Crafts Letchworth Ladder Back Chair by Heals
By Heal
s
Located in London, GB
An oak Letchworth ladder back side chair with leather trap work seat by Heals.
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Traps
Antique Victorian Patterned Toilet ‘the City
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed toilet with a blue and white transfer pattern called ‘The City’. This is a P-Trap model.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vienna Secessionist Opalescent Green Glass Bowl
Located in Astoria, NY
with several trapped bubbles. Small crescent nick to the underside and minor scratches, but overall in
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Traps
Materials
Glass
Large "Clear Ball" Glass Table Desktop Light
By Glashütte Limburg
Located in Pasadena, TX
Looks very sculptural with the sphere, the pockets of air trapped inside and the mirrored bulbs
Category
Early 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Traps
Materials
Silver, Chrome
Gustafsberg Majolica Tabby Cat Jug
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Gustafsberg Majolica jug or pitcher which features a tabby cat with a mouse trapped under it's paw
Category
1870s Swedish Victorian Antique Traps
Very Large Ryolite, Agate, and Quartz Bookends from Western United States
Located in New York, NY
formed from volcanic activity. Over thousands of years, gas and moisture were trapped inside the cavity
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Grand Tour Antique Traps
Materials
Agate, Quartz, Stone
"Chandler
s Bank" Mechanical Bank, American, circa 1900
Located in Incline Village, NV
. Considering the vulnerability of two parts; the drawer and the coin trap, it is more often than not found with
Category
Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
1900 Watercolour - The Day
s Catch
Located in Corsham, GB
figures check their traditional willow crab traps. Painted in fine watercolour detail. Signed illegibly to
Category
19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Watercolor
Set of 2 Green Glass French Demijohn Bottles
Located in Miami, FL
the tilt of the gooseneck to the trapped air bubbles which vary in size and impart eye catching
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish French Provincial Antique Traps
Materials
Glass
Prudential Registering Bank "Dime" circa 1890, American
Located in Incline Village, NV
when it is filled with coins, the trap door at the base will pop open or can be accessed to remove the
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Iron
Gorilla Still Bank, circa 1925
Located in Incline Village, NV
manufacture, albeit made of lead it has German characteristics, although the trap is very American. Andy Moore
Category
1920s Unknown Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Lead
Mechanical Bank "Monkey Bank", circa 1925
By Hubley Manufacturing Company 2
Located in Incline Village, NV
lock trap underneath the base (see image).
The bank is in all original condition and original paint
Category
1920s American Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Iron
Antique Mouth Blown Glass Bulbous Demijohn in Emerald Green
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Century, France). Composed of mouth blown glass with emerald hue exhibiting trapped air bubbles within the
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Traps
Materials
Blown Glass
19th Century Majolica White Cat with Mouse Pitcher Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
A very rare white Majolica cat pitcher trapping a mouse under its right paw its tail forming the
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Majolica
Tall Antique French Emerald Green Demijohn / Carboy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
). Composed of free-blown emerald glass exhibiting trapped air bubbles within the glass itself. Striking color
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Traps
Materials
Blown Glass
Bronze Seal, Original Mercury Gilding Early 19 Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
trapped batrachian howling in pain with its mouth open.
This is a very rare piece in exceptional
Category
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Traps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Glass Fly Catcher
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
the bottom of the clear glass dome is meant to be filled with sugar water to trap flies. Three small
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Traps
Materials
Glass
Antique Safe Strongbox in Wood and Black Iron, Studs and Nails, Late 1600, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
a finish and inside, it has a secret trap door compartment and drawers on top, well preserved, an
Category
1690s Italian Antique Traps
Materials
Iron
Pair of 1960s Knoll Barcelona Stool
s by Ludwig Mies vd Rohe in Cognac Leather
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Knoll
Located in Utrecht, NL
, traps are complete and original and the high gloss frames come in exceptional clean and all original
Category
1920s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Traps
Materials
Chrome
Antique Victorian Patterned ‘Viaduct’ Toilet with Seat
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
property. It features an S-trap waste and is designed for use with a high-level cistern.
Height with lid
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Iron
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Find a variety of antique traps available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of fabric, metal and wool, all antique traps available were constructed with great care. Antique traps have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique traps bearing Victorian or Folk Art hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique traps over the years, but those made by Emmanuel Fremiet, Herman Friedrich Funch and Springfield Armory are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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